REWA

NWA AGBO Adolescence

2019

materials: acrylic, ink, spray paint, airbrush, flashe, collage, colored pencil, paint pen, glitter on canvas --- JENNY DAY is a painter who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earn...

JENNY DAY is a painter who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fa...

The artist says of her artwork... Viewers largely label me under “Contemporary African Art”. I label my work as Igbo Vernacular Art. The reason for this is that I believe that I have...

REWA was born and raised between Nigeria and England and received a BSc. in Physiology and Pharmacology from University College London (UCL). She previously worked as the Head of Cor...

REWA was born and raised between Nigeria and England and received a BSc. in Physiology and Pharmacology from University College London (UCL). She previously worked as the Head of Cor...

REWA says of her work… Viewers largely label me under “Contemporary African Art”. I label my work as Igbo Vernacular Art. The reason for this is that I believe that I have created a truly original body of work that exists outside formal academic or Western dialogue. My art is drawn from life itself and deeply anchored in a place and culture from which it was derived. This is the Igbo culture pertaining to the Igbos of Nigeria. I think that this description is more accurate as it implies a unique iteration of customs and tradition, bound to a particular location and a particular people.  Igbo Vernacular Art is not to be mistaken with Folk Art, but rather, concerns itself with an expressive aesthetic that would be more commonly associated with Contemporary of Modern Art; form, composition and narrative. Vernacular dialects are anchored to a particular land, and in much the same way, my art contains a vocabulary that is built on a strong sense of place and is situated in a location and a history.  It is my hope that one day, my work will be included in art historical dialogue about Africa and specifically Nigeria, beyond the confines of the wide-reaching Contemporary African Art designation. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ REWA was born and raised between Nigeria and England and received a BSc. in Physiology and Pharmacology from University College London (UCL). She previously worked as the Head of Corporate Development and Investor Relations...

Cao meticulously places each smaller image to form a dynamic gradient from dark to light which tricks the eye into seeing one image. This expertise in contrast is exemplified in all ...

With collectors like, Hugh M. Hefner, Elton John and Rod Stewart, Ceravolo's Large scale paintings have received international acclaim for more four decades. His art, came to popular...

Ceravolo's Large scale paintings have received international acclaim for more four decades. His art, came to popular attention when he was commissioned to create 5 large scale oil on canvas portraits for the lobby of The Palladium Theatre in New York City of Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Frank Zappa, Neil Young and Hall and Oates. In addition to those, his paintings are in many influential corporate and private collections, including: ELTON JOHN, ROD STEWART, HUGH M. HEFNER, DAVID BRENNER, MONIQUE VAN VOOREN, WARNER BROS., RCA RECORDS AND SCHENLEY INDUSTRIES to name a few. "Cleopatra 9" consists of 9 separate unique one of a kind canvases featuring women that have portrayed Cleopatra over the years in Film and on stage. From Theda Bara...

Ceravolo's "Torso with Tiffany Cuff Bracelet" combines Oil and Acrylic painted over an image based on his vintage torso photo of a female model. This 18x18" canvas has the excitement...

With private collectors like, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Alice Cooper and Hugh M. Hefner, Ceravolo's Large scale paintings have received international acclaim for more than four decade...

Ceravolo's Large scale paintings have received international acclaim for more four decades. Known as "The Rock and Roll Painter" and "Painter of the Stars of Rock" by the media, Cera...